Comments on: Medicaid is Bankrupting Broome County and All of New York State http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/ A conservative voice crying in the liberal wilderness of Greater Binghamton, NY Mon, 08 Nov 2010 12:19:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Steve http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2108 Steve Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:14:38 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=511#comment-2108 Kevin, So what are you doing about it? Be responsible. Get your mother out of the nursing home and have her live with you. Your family will be richly rewarded by the experience. Kevin,

So what are you doing about it? Be responsible. Get your mother out of the nursing home and have her live with you. Your family will be richly rewarded by the experience.

]]> By: Kevin http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2103 Kevin Sat, 25 Sep 2010 04:35:03 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=511#comment-2103 So, I am having real difficulty with how you distort information to win favor with people. You wrote: "For those not familiar with Medicaid, it is the immoral requirement that some citizens fork over money to pay for their fellow citizens’ health care. That is, the producers of society, those who work hard and contribute, are forcibly made to hand money to non-producers–those who can’t or (in most cases) won’t work, giving non-producers better health care than the producers themselves have. It is unfair." So, my 81-year-old Mom is currently a Medicaid recipient and resident of Willow Point Nursing Home. My Dad, who worked his entire life in an IBM factory (highest salary was $24K/year) is unable to pay the $91,250 annual charge (which is more than the value of his home--whose mortgage was paid in full years ago) for her care. So, would you still like to refer to my Dad as a non-producer, especially since he helped his two sons go to and graduate from college? So, what should we do with my Mom? Dump her in the Susquehanna? People like you are complete idiots. Grow up and understand the reality of the today's environment and its complexity. So, I am having real difficulty with how you distort information to win favor with people. You wrote: “For those not familiar with Medicaid, it is the immoral requirement that some citizens fork over money to pay for their fellow citizens’ health care. That is, the producers of society, those who work hard and contribute, are forcibly made to hand money to non-producers–those who can’t or (in most cases) won’t work, giving non-producers better health care than the producers themselves have. It is unfair.”

So, my 81-year-old Mom is currently a Medicaid recipient and resident of Willow Point Nursing Home. My Dad, who worked his entire life in an IBM factory (highest salary was $24K/year) is unable to pay the $91,250 annual charge (which is more than the value of his home–whose mortgage was paid in full years ago) for her care. So, would you still like to refer to my Dad as a non-producer, especially since he helped his two sons go to and graduate from college?

So, what should we do with my Mom? Dump her in the Susquehanna?

People like you are complete idiots. Grow up and understand the reality of the today’s environment and its complexity.

]]> By: Guest Viewpoint: County Executive Fiala Has Shown Leadership on Medicaid Issue | RSSBinghamton.com http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Guest Viewpoint: County Executive Fiala Has Shown Leadership on Medicaid Issue | RSSBinghamton.com Wed, 30 Sep 2009 10:59:33 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=511#comment-2035 [...] Leigh Ann Scheider, Executive Assistant to Broome County Executive Barbara Fiala. In the article Medicaid is Bankrupting Broome County and All of New York State I encouraged Ms. Fiala to “show leadership” and “think outside the box.” [...] [...] Leigh Ann Scheider, Executive Assistant to Broome County Executive Barbara Fiala. In the article Medicaid is Bankrupting Broome County and All of New York State I encouraged Ms. Fiala to “show leadership” and “think outside the box.” [...]

]]> By: Jim Willis http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2033 Jim Willis Mon, 28 Sep 2009 19:47:09 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=511#comment-2033 Thanks Brent! Glad you're back safely from NC...we need you here to pay taxes. ;-) Thanks Brent! Glad you’re back safely from NC…we need you here to pay taxes. ;-)

]]> By: Brent Beckley http://rssbinghamton.com/medicaid-is-bankrupting-broome-county-and-all-of-new-york-state/comment-page-1/#comment-2031 Brent Beckley Mon, 28 Sep 2009 13:13:53 +0000 http://rssbinghamton.com/?p=511#comment-2031 Why are you so angry, Jim? Just because your government hides its TOTAL ineffectiveness from you? Barbara needs a warning label, I think :p. Why are you so angry, Jim? Just because your government hides its TOTAL ineffectiveness from you? Barbara needs a warning label, I think :p.

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